I think people might be missing the point of this "space race". The US won flags and footprints, but round 2 is a race to establish precedent for bases, mining claims, and keepout zones.
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Being the first isn't always the point.
However we might have better luck if SpaceX rockets would stop blowing up every month. Probably because they're using Grok to handle making it
if SpaceX rockets would stop blowing up every month
Falcon 9 has a success rate of 99.3%, and a success streak of 183. Starship, while it had a few failures earlier this year, just had a perfect test flight at the end of August.
US is "highly unlikely" to land on moon before China
Has Jim forgotten that the U.S. already landed on the moon, multiple times? :P